Nintendo 64 Month | Character Profile: Goemon: The Mystical Ninja [news]

While on one hand I hope for a new episode, at the same time I'm sorely angry at Nintendo for region-locking the 3DS, which means that even if one episode would come out, I wouldn't be able to play it through normal ways :/...

only one out of three SNES editions of Ganbare Goemon arrived safely at their destination

Yes, I always remember there were four 'main' entries, but the fourth one wasn't Ganbare Goemon 4, which surprised me. I only found out about the fifth game, the spin-off, after researching for this article!

I really wish there was be Goemon 3D. Could you imagine those big battles? They could play in a similar way to the Big Bowser fights in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story!

Funny to note though that Ganbare Goemon Kirakira Dōchū: Boku ga Dancer ni Natta Wake, the one that's pretty much Goemon 4 on SNES, uses the exact same voice clips that went on to be used in Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon on Nintendo 64... which was first shown in beta form to be titled... Ganbare Goemon 5 !!!

I wouldn't be surprised if 4 and 5 were in development alongside each other, hence the fact that they share some audio assets, and since there was to be a 5, perhaps the 4th SNES entry was supposed to be properly numbered as well...

( Edited 16.03.2012 23:56 by RudyC3 )

You know how MonkeyPaw and Gaijinworks are using Kickstarted to bring over Class of Heroes on PSP, hopefully using it as a stepping stone to bring over more Japanese games to the US and Europe, wouldn't it be fantastic if they picked up Konami's Goemon DS?!